Cheyenne Wells, CO
How exposed is Cheyenne Wells to wildfire?
Cheyenne Wells sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 791 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cheyenne Wells's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Cheyenne Wells's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Cheyenne Wells (82.2% of 791 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Cheyenne Wells ranks
Inside Colorado, Cheyenne Wells sits at just the 10th percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cheyenne Wells ranks 17,827 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,718 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 421 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Cheyenne Wells and the insurance market
At the 43rd national percentile, Cheyenne Wells rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cheyenne Wells's 82.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cheyenne Wells's 17,827-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Cheyenne Wells, see the exposure-zones guide.